Emily is heading back to Paris for season six but is this where we say goodbye?

Emily Cooper is heading back to Paris—yes, again. The show has officially been renewed for a sixth season, taking Emily back to where it all began. While that should sound exciting, the internet’s reaction seems to be more like a collective sigh. 

After her Roman rendezvous, Emily's return to Paris seems like a full-circle moment. If it were a movie, this is where the credits would roll, as everyone moved on. It’s hard not to feel like the same logic should apply to the show, too. And honestly? We all think it's high time. If there’s anything Emily’s journey has taught us, it’s that she always ends up right where she started, armed with a designer phone case, a questionable outfit, and a belief that vibes can fix structural problems.

Do we really want to see the Paris reset?

Season one worked because it was fresh chaos with Parisian charm. Emily arriving jet-lagged, wide-eyed, and accidentally offending everyone at Savoir while live-posting croissants, which, although ridiculous, was still fresh. We laughed when she butchered French idioms, when her first big win was a viral selfie, and when she thought workplace boundaries were optional. The show knew it was absurd, and that self-awareness carried it.

Season two doubled down on the mess. Love triangles thrown into the mix, Emily crying in couture, Camille finding out about Emily and Gabriel in the most Parisian way possible, and Alfie walking in as the charming reality check she mostly ignored. The scenes were louder, the colours brighter, and the emotional consequences, still very much optional.

By season three, it became comfort cringe. Emily juggling men during a literal work presentation, Camille’s wedding meltdown, Mindy singing at every possible location, including places no one asked for music. Fans were no longer watching the show because it was good. They watched it because it was familiar.

When cringe became the whole point

Season four fully leaned into its status as the ultimate cringe binge. Emily was still running campaigns that wouldn’t survive a real marketing meeting, romantic chaos unfolded in ski resorts and glittering galas with zero emotional follow-through, and everyone kept making the same mistakes—just in pricier locations. This was the season where the show stopped pretending like growth was the point.

Then came season five, which even the most loyal fans admitted felt… tired. The reviews weren’t brutal, just bored. The sparkle was still there, but the stakes had vanished. By now, Emily had swapped Paris for Rome, dated everyone, annoyed everyone, fixed things with a smile—and still somehow failed to learn the one lesson the show once teased: how to actually live in Paris instead of performing it.

Why now feels like the right time to end it

Now, as per the latest announcement about the sixth season, Emily seems to be returning to Paris for good. The show began with Paris as the fantasy, but somewhere along the way, it turned into a carousel of jobs, men, and montages all muddied together. After the whirlwind that her life has been, Emily going back to Paris now feels less like repetition and more like intention.

Honestly, there is not much left to explore in the show without undoing the little growth the characters have had. Emily choosing Paris again could finally be about choice, not escapism. A last season that acknowledges her contradictions, her privilege, and her refusal to slow down could actually land emotionally.

And honestly, part of the charm of Emily in Paris is that it knows it is unserious. But dragging it on further risks turning fun cringe into exhausting noise, which it has somehow already become. Ending it while it’s still meme-able and watchable would be a wise decision.

If season six really is Emily’s ultimate Paris return arc, it has the chance to do something rare for the show: wrap things up with intention. Let Emily have one last outfit that makes no sense, one last balcony moment, one last romantic miscommunication that could’ve been solved with a text, and that's that. Then let her choose something real, even if it’s still messy.

And if Emily in Paris ends with Emily walking through Paris without her phone in her hand for once, that might just be the perfect ending for such a memorable show, not to mention the character growth that we've all been waiting for! 

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